Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-22
DREAMY TALLAHASSEE.
FOX HUNTS. MiO-FEBRUARY PICNlcS
AND DELICIOUS LEMONADE.


what visitor. from the Ice Bound North
Find to Amu.- aud Interest Them in
TN. pictu,..,u. ,l,ri,. c,,,,.,.Th.
/ We sit ahout here an Tallahassee on the
wide galleries of the hotel A little isfIessIy
A glass of lemonade made with th, delightful
addition Of a sur orange here and there a
half upcnei book or "A slowly moving fan ac-
,entuate the dole, far niente existence The
gounger, more energetic Of the nsriy are off
On a fox hunt. and we hear the sound of
horns ia the distance Fans and novels are
forgotten. We lenn over the balcony rail
tngs. our ewes riveted on the brow of the hill
ncar by. Suddenly the cayalcade sweeps
over it toward us
A pretty sight, Twentv-four riders, nine
teen hounds NOV ing in proressiou toward us
! 70 the glad music of horns and laughter, A
i1zen voices take up the tale. in which such
4 thrilling aypre.si,us As s.bari riding a,ross
,ountry ditches," fences. at last we saw
The fox. are Observation-Disclosures we do not
aunt anis., seed in Florida, he il understood,
but live. shrewd. sharp nosed foxes, Then
the party rides off To SIX. position under the
, ,leat oaks for a photograph. and we return
20 our fans. A vision OF YOU poor unfor-
sunates. rubbing your noses and ears. and
covering ov open registers. rises to our
pitying minds as we lapyuidly sin our lemon
ade.
| But the fox hunt deserves more than this
,ursory mention-or the fox hunts-for sport
: one OF the pleasures in life that bears repe-
ttion. The other day one of the little red
victims was treed by the dogs, and it was a
sight not TO I've forgotten 1t was in grove
| If live oak, and my knowledge of the country
and desire for artistic accessories induces me
to add a few glossy lsaved magnolia trees to
| the scere to give local color. Light and
shadow fell through the leaves on the bays
and roans and sorreiS and on the pretty faces
and brigandesque hats You can feel it if
you cannot see it. AT the least, You can hear
1t. can't you: Pauting horses. baying hounds,
aughing voices, the horn, an undertone of
breeze in the trse tops, and overhead the
plucky, wide eyEd red fox waiting for his
death.
Tutrome back TO things absolutely practi-
al, however, here is a recipe for the epicure:
he real lemonade of Florida and of the
future is made as follows: Cracked ice, syrup
If sugar, one pint of apollinaris two lemons.
, 'he-halI sweet Grunge, one naIt sour orange.
10 be drank Always IN the open air with the
thermometer at NJ dsS In the shade
Here am hack where started, with the
thermometer at ~ deg, and this letter only
lust begun. Tor OF course must tell you about
he celebrated local coiored preacher ana his
aSt sunday sermon: bredreh, announce
nv tex, no Ia it> mex divide my tex
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mere oe no sense In my remarks; an ef
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tense IN that remark but ef put the subleck
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anne pafsoh tens us Sra'eiy that Moses hHed
'ne year d ammo Dohiihi' ana used TO
ionllhize oter tne chiidren of israel, but
M. we couidh uohiii|e ooer ue TWO Jews
ial'anas>ee- Aso he annoui'ed thal
mere VIII lie meeting mex tuesday even
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